Historical eras

Throughout Western history, women have frequently been limited to certain roles and spaces in society, and this was perhaps best exemplified during the Victorian era. Women were restricted to their homes, accompanied by chaperones when not at home, and were expected to be exemplars of femininity, goodness, and virtue. Literature was by no means immune to these ideals, and works emerged that promote this idea of femininity. Both the 1857 version of Jacob and Wilhem Grimm’s fairytale “Rapunzel”…

strial workforce began to become transparent, leading to a push for reforms to fix injustices and restore the economy. The progressives of the early twentieth century took many of the earlier reformer's ideologies, and they transformed these political ideologies into actions. The programs that emerged from the philosophies of the late nineteenth century reformers were the social reform for maltreated populations, the political opposition to big businesses, and the policies implemented for the…

Within the writings of Charles Dickens, the author brought to life the plight of children and the poor in England during the Industrial Revolution. Unmentioned in our textbook, Dickens revealed to the public the atrocious working conditions which were prevalent in the workhouses that drove the economy in what was the most technologically advanced society in the world. In this essay, three books will be used as examples of Dickens' experiences that he would draw upon to create his…

The gilded age lead to progressive reforms by attempting to fix the problems from the gilded age. The gilded age was a time of unregulated business, monopolies, and the abuse of workers. During the gilded age business men got huge profits from the new economy. Powerful people formed trusts to monopolize goods that were in high demand. Like Andrew Carnegie for example he built a giant steel empire. His business increased profits, and also eliminated middle men. And also John D Rockefeller…

During the Victorian era 1837 to 1901, Queen Victoria, ruler of England, had a huge influence of Victorian fashion. Queen Victoria was often very straight forward in her demands on how women should dress. Victoria would use her Lord Chamberlain, a counselor to the throne, to distribute her style commands in the "Court Journal", a gossip article, describing what was going on in British Royalty. To be considered a lady in Victorians time, people would have to strictly follow a code of manners,…

The Progressive Era lasted from 1900 to 1920. It was a time where there was a lot of social activism and political reform in the US. The main goals of the progressive movement were to stop political corruption, stop monopolies from forming, prohibit bad things such as prostitution, gambling, and alcohol and fight for women’s suffrage. The 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments are all results of the success of the progressive era. The “Progressives” were young people who were mostly Protestant,…

similarities with that of the psychoanalytical theory. I mentioned sexual repression last week as a part of the Governesses’ decent into madness; however, this week’s theory gives more of a backdrop for that eventual loss of sanity. During the Victorian era, sexual promiscuity was forbidden; therefore, any sexual repression had to remain unsatisfied. James takes sexual repression to an all-time high, by subtly writing about sexuality. Obviously, James- pioneering a new age of literary knowledge…

Oscar Wilde ridicules Victorian aristocracy’s gluttony and self-indulgence by using hunger as a euphemism for desire. Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest stands as a parody of society, morals, and marriage during Queen Victoria’s reign. Conflict arises in the scenes of the play that feature food, such as: the stolen bottle of wine, Algernon devouring sandwiches meant for his aunt, Jack and Gwendolen’s bread and butter, and the muffins. Algernon bewilders Jack by eating muffins during a time…

I. Introduction “The Lady of Shalott,” by Alfred Tennyson, is an extraordinary poem about a lady that is trapped in a tower in the city of Camelot. The lady of this tower is longing to be free of confinement, sadness, and of loneliness. Even though she can see out of the tower through the view of her mirror, she is so very lonely and isolated from the world. Eventually, the lady becomes so, very desperate for love and a relationship that she leaves her castle; and in leaving she realizes that…

The political wars in the 1700 times, rule over some of the countries, but had less security than the earlier time. Historian Sidney Milkis categorize the success of the original progressive Era as a momentous reconstruction of politic. Political is a description that were equal applied to many of the social movement that gear to better the align America’s political and social order with its ideals of being free, equal, and opportunity for all. The majority parties often ignored social movement…